Interesting item regarding colours.

An article in the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland's magazine, The Road Ahead, has some very interesting information regarding the colour of a car that is not exclusive to The Land of Oz, but to every country where cars are driven on bitumen roads.

Quote;

"Melbourne researchers have predicted black cars are 12 percent more likely to be involved in a crash than white cars.......".

And;

"..... of 17 main colours, the study found white is still the most visible and safest colour on the road, while cream, yellow and beige cars also rate well".

And,

"Compared to white, black was the most dangerous colour (12 percent higher risk), followed by grey (11 percent), silver (10 percent), then blue and red (7 percent)".

And,

"...... study findings were clear and demonstrated that white coloured cars had the lowest crash risks in all types of light conditions. Conversely, darker colours and colours with low contrast to the road environment, including silver, grey, green, red, blue and black, tend to be associated with a higher crash risk, particularly in daylight hours".

Due to the frequent requests from members for advice on what colour they should paint their cars, I thought the above information would be of some benefit when taken into consideration while deciding on what colour to paint a car.

By the way, ..... my Prado is BLACK.:(

Rick.